Graphical user interface-relational database access system for a robotic archive

Abstract

The invention includes a system for data file archival management including: a robotic data storage system having multiple non-volatile storage media, input and output means for reading and writing to the storage media, adapted and configured for storing data files, and having a command-line software code portion adapted and configured to provide a command-line user interface to control the robotic tape data storage system; a server; a business logic software code portion resident in memory on the server, configured and adapted for adding and searching metadata about the data files, where the metadata is organized as a relational database; a plurality of personal computers or workstation clients connected to the server computer over a network; a GUI software code portion resident in the memory of the personal computers, workstations, or of a server in communication with the personal computers or workstations, configured and adapted for providing a graphical user interface to at least a portion of the business logic software code portion; and a translation software code portion resident in the memory of the database server adapted and configured for translating adding, deleting, updating, and searching messages from a format compatible with the business logic code portion into and from a format compatible with the command-line code portion.

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I. FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to a system and method for storing, maintaining, and retrieving large data archives from a robotic storage system.II. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Hyperspectral mapping and imaging requires storage of large amounts of data. For a single map of a relatively small area this can be gigabytes of data. This data can be stored on high volume storage media such as magnetic tape or optical storage device; however, this can require the use of large numbers of tapes, CD's, DVD's. Hyperspectral imaging jobs may require careful selection of different data sets for a given job or assessment. For a given job the required data may be stored on a number of different storage media. Selection and retrieval of storage media can be cumbersome and time consuming and can require a specialist familiar with the storage system. Commercially available data archiving at best consists of using robotic systems to archive data and the meager identificatio...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]It is an object of this invention to reduce the time needed to create archives, to search archives, and to retrieve files in archives, for data collected via remote sensing and stored on robotic storage systems.

Problems solved by technology

Hyperspectral mapping and imaging requires storage of large amounts of data.

Selection and retrieval of storage media can be cumbersome and time consuming and can require a specialist familiar with the storage system.

Also the location on a given storage media of specific data is often poorly documented or mapped.

The problem is the need to archive many gigabytes of data in well mapped locations that can be easily and quickly retrieved and accessed by general users and not require manual processing of a request.

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